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At around 11:25 UTC, a flight declared an emergency by squawking 7700 after a bomb threat was reported at approximately 10:30 UTC. The Royal Air Force responded by sending a Typhoon fighter jet to intercept the Boeing 777, which circled over East Anglia for about 30 minutes. Following an investigation, the threat was found to be a hoax, allowing the flight to safely continue to Heathrow, where the emergency was resolved.
- In another incident, a Boeing 737-86N operating Air India Express flight IX684 from Madurai Airport to Singapore was intercepted by two F15 fighter jets from the Singapore military. They escorted the flight away from populated areas, and it landed safely in Singapore just after 10 PM local time.
In October 2024, several Indian airlines received numerous false bomb threats.
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